Bo Eugén Strömstedt (4 May 1929 – 24 June 2016) was a Swedish author and journalist.
Biography
Strömstedt was born on 4 May 1929 in
Vaasa
Vaasa (; , ), formerly (1855-1917) known as Nikolaistad (; ), His father worked as a pastor and was educated in Vaasa. Strömstedt's mother was born in
Föglö
Föglö is a group of islands and municipality in Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
The municipality is unilingually Swedis ...
in Åland.
He attended
Lund University
Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...
, where he received a
Bachelor of Arts
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in 1950. Strömstedt became a literary critic for ''
Expressen
(''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden. Describing itself as independent liberal, was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or " to your rescue".
The newspaper awards the cultu ...
'' in 1952. In 1961, he became head of the newspaper's cultural editorial office. In 1976, Strömstedt succeeded Per Wrigstad as editor-in-chief for ''Expressen''. From 1992 until 1993, he was a professor of journalism at the
University of Gothenburg
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. He served as a board member at ''
Dagens Nyheter
(, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Stockholm and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record
A newspaper of record is a major nationa ...
'' between 1977 and 1986, and at Tidnings AB Marieberg from 1986 to 1992.
Personal life
Strömstedt married
Margareta Strömstedt
Gunhild Margareta Strömstedt ( Henriksson; 19 May 1931 − 28 March 2023) was a Swedish author, journalist and translator.Niklas (b. 1958) and Lotten (b. 1962). He died on 24 June 2016, at the age of 87.